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Leviticus 18:2

Israel
God's will and calling

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.

3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
WEB
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.
ASV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.
DARBY
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.
BLB
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
ÅB
Tal til Israels barn og si til dem: Jeg er Herren deres Gud.
OTB
"Tal til israelittene og si til dem: 'Jeg er Herren deres Gud.
B1930
Tal til Israels barn og si til dem: Jeg er Herren eders Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 6:7

    And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

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  • Leviticus 11:44

    For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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  • Ezekiel 20:5

    And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;

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  • Leviticus 20:7

    Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

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  • Ezekiel 20:19–20

    I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

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  • Leviticus 19:3–4

    Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

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  • Psalms 33:12

    Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

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  • Genesis 17:7

    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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